PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS AND
COMPREHENSIVE CLASSICAL
CIVILIZATION STUDY GUIDE
cornucopia - CORRECT ANSWER -"Horn of plenty"; created when Hercules
wrestled a river god and pulled off one of his horns
Perseus - Birth - CORRECT ANSWER -Danae impregnated by Zeus (as
golden rain); exposed in a box
Oedipus - Birth - CORRECT ANSWER -Exposed at birth on Mt. Cithaeron
Hercules - Birth - CORRECT ANSWER -Delayed delivery; snakes attack him
and his twin brother
Theseus - Birth - CORRECT ANSWER -Father "should not loosen the wine-
sack until he gets home"
Jason - Birth - CORRECT ANSWER -Stolen away as an infant; brought up by
Chiron the centaur
,Perseus - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -Medusa
Oedipus - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -Sphinx
Hercules - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -Nemean Lion, Hydra,
Erymanthian Boar, Cretan Bull (see Hercules' labors)
Bellerophon - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -Chimaera
Theseus - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -Minotaur
Jason - Monster - CORRECT ANSWER -The serpent that guards the Golden
Fleece
Perseus - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Andromeda
Oedipus - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Jocasta (Epicasta); his mother
Hercules - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Deineira
Bellerophon - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Stheneboea
Theseus - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Phaedra
, Jason - Woman - CORRECT ANSWER -Medea
Perseus - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -No horrible death
Oedipus - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -Blinded, exiled, disappears
Hercules - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -Burned to death
Bellerophon - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -Blinded, disabled
Theseus - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -Fell into a pit
Jason - Death - CORRECT ANSWER -Ship fell on him
Five Characteristic Aspects of a Greek Hero - CORRECT ANSWER -Strange
birth circumstances; monster-slaying; problems with a woman; horrible
death; worshipped as a demigod after death
Perseus - Parents - CORRECT ANSWER -Zeus and Danae
Oedipus - Parents - CORRECT ANSWER -Laius and Jocasta (Epicasta)
Hercules - Parents - CORRECT ANSWER -Zeus and Alcmene